Students in section 102 of ENGL 2720 -- Introduction to Literature; Drama -- were asked for Friday, September 3 to post examples of common or well-known YouTube performance memes. Below, for each example, you'll find both the original video and at least one later re-enactment of it.
Charlie Bit Me
Ryan Jerving
AMATEUR SOURCE / COMIC RE-ENACTMENT
Original: Charlie Bit My Finger - Again !
Re-enactment: Charlie bit me 50yrs later
Re-enactment: Charlie bit me Chinese twin girl version
Submitted by Yisha Chen; Ryan Gaulke
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Charlie Bit Me
Ryan JervingAMATEUR SOURCE / COMIC RE-ENACTMENT
Original: Charlie Bit My Finger - Again !
Re-enactment: Charlie bit me 50yrs later
Re-enactment: Charlie bit me Chinese twin girl version
Submitted by Yisha Chen; Ryan Gaulke
I Like Turtles
Yisha Chen & Ryan GaulkeAMATEUR SOURCE / COMIC RE-ENACTMENT
Original: I Like Turtles
Re-enactment: I Like Turtles
Star Wars Kid
Re-enactment
Posted by Greg Meyer et. al.
Sweet Child O' Mine
(Who submitted this?)PROFESSIONAL SOURCE / INTENTIONALLY COMIC SOURCE
Original source: from the movie Step Brothers
Re-enactment / lip sync
Charlie the Unicorn
SEMI-PROFESSIONAL COMIC SOURCE / AMATEUR SINCERE RE-ENACTMENT
Original: Charlie the Unicorn
Re-enactment: Charlie the Unicorn Reenactment
A Whole New World
(Who submitted this?)PROFESSIONAL SOURCE / NON-COMIC RE-ENACTMENT
Original: from Aladdin:
Nick Pitera singing A Whole New World.
Blood!
Mark Hampton, Sara Emanuele, and Colin O'MearaAMATEUR SOURCE / COMIC (NON-PERFORMED) REMIX
Original (duplicate): Blood, It's Not Funny
Remix: Blood Kid "Remix"
Best Cry Ever
Sean MollPROFESSIONAL (REALITY) SOURCE / COMIC RE-MIX
Original
Remix
Bed Intruder
(Who submitted this?)PROFESSIONAL & SERIOUS SOURCE / COMIC REMIX / SERIO-COMIC REMAKE OF COMIC REMIX
Original: Woman wakes up to find intruder in her bed
Remix: Auto-tuned News: Bed Intruder Song!!!
(see halfway through for acoustic piano version)
Afro-Ninja
Kevin Raasch, Katie Hishmeh, Maggie SugrueAMATEUR SOURCE / REMIX
Original
Re-mix